This bicycle race was part of the Tour de Utah held in Park City. It was round and round a few downtown blocks so that I could therefore anticipate action and expressions. I was located on the front row of a 90 degree turn at the bottom of a hill which gave me very good “looks” and various compositions. I cropped this to place emphasis on the facial expressions without caring that I cut some of the Bicycle parts and body parts off.
Conversion was Nik Silver Efex: Full Dynamic Smooth, Lens Falloff #1, Exposure f:4.0, 1/640 of a second, ISO 100 Focal Length 109 mm, a little lightening with the Mid-tone Slider in Levels, and a Canon L 70-200 lens, and of course, a Tripod.
6 comments posted
Stephen Levitas
Great shot. I tried cutting off more according to your stated approach. I think less is more. How does this look?   Posted: 10/02/2025 23:55:05
Wes Odell
Who needs feet when you have intense faces? Good move.   Posted: 10/03/2025 00:55:43
Stephen Levitas
I thought you only needed enough of the bicycles to know what they were, but not needing to see the full wheels.   Posted: 10/03/2025 01:22:31
Ed Ogle
Excellent shot!!! I really like this and I think you do need the feet in the image. It looks like the image you have submitted as the original has had quite a lot of post-processing. I really like how they all have what appears to be exactly the same helmet.   Posted: 10/03/2025 17:00:19
Stephen Levitas
Haha! We are so opposite. Makes for active conversations.   Posted: 10/04/2025 23:55:16
Stephen Levitas
I like Ed's good point that the helmets all look alike in the monochrome.   Posted: 10/07/2025 21:41:21